Eurostat in its recent report announced that Iran has been 7th major oil exporter to the European Union in January-September 2011.  According to the report, Iran-EU trade during the mentioned 9 months reached €19 billion and it is while since the mid-2010, the EU under the US pressure has imposed unilateral sanctions on the Islamic Republic.  In 2010, Iran-EU trade reached €24.5 billion showing 24 percent growth over 2009, Eurostat reported.  Based on the report, the 27 European member states of the EU have imported €11.4 billion of various products from Iran in January-Sep­tember 2011 showing no change over same period last year.  In the same period, EU's exports to Iran have been valued at €7.6 billion showing 10.7 percent fall over same period last year. During January-September 2010, EU's exports to Iran stood at €8.5 billion, according to the report.
Based on the report, crude oil has been major Iranian product exported to EU in the mentioned 9 months. In recent years, Iran has been among the top ten oil exporters to EU and despite the sanctions it has been succeeded to maintain this role.  In January-September 2011, Iran's oil exports to EU have surged to $ €10.39 billion showing 2.3 percent growth over same period last year, Eurostata announced.  In the mentioned period, Iran has been ranked 7 in terms of oil exports to EU and Iranian crude has accounted for 4.9 percent of the total crude exported to EU importing €213 billion of crude oil.  In 2010, Iran's oil exports to EU reached €12.79 billion.

Customs Administration Director Abbas Memarnejad said on Tuesday that the value of Iran's non-oil exports reached $27.46 billion in the eight-month period, IRNA reported. Memarnejad, who is also a deputy economy minister, noted that the figure indicates a 33.9-percent increase compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. He added that about 49.5 million tons of goods have been exported from the Islamic Republic between March and November, showing an 8.5-percent rise compared to the previous year. China bought $3.673 billion worth of non-oil products from Iran during the eight-month period, making it the leading importer of Iranian non-oil goods, followed by the United Arab Emirates ($3.106 billion), Iraq ($2.936 billion), India ($1.824 billion), and Afghanistan ($1.232 billion), he explained. Iran's main non-oil exports are petroleum gases, liquefied gas hydrocarbons, liquefied propane, methanol, mineral fuels, chemical products, plastics, fruits, nuts, fertilizers, and carpets.

Memarnejad also stated that 23.812 tons of goods worth $39.75 billion were imported to the Islamic Republic, indicating a 21.4-percent decrease in weight and a 6.1-percent reduction in value.

Nach der Erstürmung der britischen Botschaft hat Deutschland den Schutz seiner diplomatischen Vertretung in Teheran erhöht. Die Sicherheitsvorkehrungen seien hochgefahren worden, die Botschaft bleibe aber bis auf weiteres regulär geöffnet, sagte ein Sprecher des Auswärtigem Amts am Mittwoch in Berlin. Das Personal wurde vorerst nicht reduziert. Die deutsche Schule in der iranischen Hauptstadt, die noch vor dem Sturm auf die britischen Einrichtungen geschlossen worden war, blieb auch am Mittwoch zu. Wann der normale Schulbetrieb wieder aufgenommen wird, müsse noch entschieden werden.

Über die gravierenden Vorfälle in Teheran dürfte auch beim anstehenden Treffen der EU-Außenminister beraten kommen, sagte der Sprecher. Iranische Studenten hatten die britische Botschaft aus Protest gegen Sanktionen und den Tod eines Atomwissenschaftlers erstürmt. Auf Fernsehaufnahmen war zu sehen, wie sie Brandsätze warfen und Scheiben zerstörten.

Schäden an der deutschen Schule habe es nicht gegeben, sagte der Sprecher. Wegen der Erstürmung war der iranische Botschafter in Deutschland ins Auswärtige Amt einbestellt worden. Großbritannien hat alle Mitarbeiter der iranischen Botschaft in London aufgefordert, binnen 48 Stunden das Land zu verlassen, wie Außenminister William Hague am Mittwoch in London sagte.  Der deutsche Botschafter wurde zunächst aus Iran zurückbeordert.

The Central Bank of Iran governor Mahmoud Bahmani has predicted that inflation rate would remain below 20 percent for the eighth calendar month of Aban (ended November 21), saying that the inflation rate will be officially announced by December 1, the Pana news agency reported.  The country's inflation rate increased by 0.8 percent to stand at 19.1 percent in the end of the seventh Iranian month of Mehr, Bahmani said, according to Press TV. The CBI chief further said that the country's inflation growth rate will decline in the coming months. He put last year's inflation rate at 12.4 percent.